diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 44eadd9..8c16df1 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # package maintainers to append CFLAGS
 #export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  = -Wall -pedantic
 # package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
-export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND =
 
 include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 
@@ -22,6 +22,3 @@
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- \
 	    -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
-
-override_dh_missing:
-	dh_missing --fail-missing